Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 62 68
Rank change year-on-year -41 +6 -14
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,635 1,939 3,645
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.75% 4.34% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 4.69% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,198 976 2,737
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,870 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +15.18% -13.97%
75th Percentile £93,721 £95,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £101,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,249 £70,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year -3.93% +14.37% -9.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68,264 41,362 89,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.88% 92.48% 81.88%
Number of salaries quoted 46,974 22,138 63,125
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £91,991
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 18 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 18 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -36 1,484 £75,000 - 578
UK excluding London -84 795 £67,249 -3.93% 398
Work from Home -29 719 £67,500 -6.24% 319
London -9 714 £85,000 +1.80% 279
North of England -48 326 £69,310 -4.40% 129
South East -29 211 £67,500 -3.57% 102
North West -49 176 £75,000 +3.45% 89
Midlands -78 83 £67,500 - 35
Yorkshire -32 80 £65,000 -11.79% 20
South West -79 77 £52,500 -23.39% 49
North East +10 70 £65,000 +2.36% 21
West Midlands -50 59 £77,500 +10.71% 17
East of England -21 43 £60,100 +0.17% 18
Scotland -64 28 £60,000 -23.87% 17
Wales -36 24 £70,000 +34.62% 13
East Midlands -67 23 £65,000 - 18
Northern Ireland -29 7 £62,500 +25.00% 40
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 - 1

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 25 (1.53%) Apache Spark
2 22 (1.35%) Confluence
3 13 (0.80%) Apache
3 13 (0.80%) CMS
4 12 (0.73%) IIS
5 10 (0.61%) JBoss
6 8 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 7 (0.43%) OpenStack
7 7 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.37%) WordPress
9 5 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.31%) Drupal
10 4 (0.24%) Camunda
10 4 (0.24%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.24%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.18%) nginx
12 2 (0.12%) Liferay
12 2 (0.12%) SharePoint
12 2 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (0.55%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.37%) PlantUML
3 5 (0.31%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.31%) Oracle Retail
2 5 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.12%) Shopify
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.061%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 865 (52.91%) AWS
2 698 (42.69%) Azure
3 303 (18.53%) GCP
4 243 (14.86%) Serverless
5 164 (10.03%) SaaS
6 160 (9.79%) GitHub
7 138 (8.44%) Azure DevOps
8 118 (7.22%) AWS Lambda
9 99 (6.06%) Amazon S3
10 93 (5.69%) Amazon EKS
11 82 (5.02%) AWS CloudFormation
12 72 (4.40%) Azure Service Bus
13 69 (4.22%) Amazon ECS
14 66 (4.04%) Amazon EC2
15 62 (3.79%) Amazon SQS
16 57 (3.49%) GitHub Copilot
17 56 (3.43%) Azure AKS
18 48 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
19 43 (2.63%) Datadog
19 43 (2.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 63 (3.85%) Broadband
2 23 (1.41%) Network Security
3 11 (0.67%) DMARC
3 11 (0.67%) DNS
3 11 (0.67%) MQTT
4 9 (0.55%) Internet
5 8 (0.49%) VPN
6 7 (0.43%) AMQP
6 7 (0.43%) DHCP
6 7 (0.43%) Firewall
6 7 (0.43%) HTTP
7 6 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (0.37%) Hyperconnected
7 6 (0.37%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.31%) LTE
8 5 (0.31%) RFID
9 3 (0.18%) Modbus
10 2 (0.12%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.12%) SNMP
10 2 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 228 (13.94%) MongoDB
2 196 (11.99%) NoSQL
3 180 (11.01%) PostgreSQL
4 103 (6.30%) Elasticsearch
5 97 (5.93%) MySQL
6 96 (5.87%) Azure SQL Database
7 79 (4.83%) Relational Database
8 77 (4.71%) SQL Server
9 48 (2.94%) Redis
10 44 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
10 44 (2.69%) DynamoDB
11 29 (1.77%) Big Data
12 26 (1.59%) BigQuery
13 24 (1.47%) RDBMS
14 13 (0.80%) Pinecone
15 8 (0.49%) Db2
16 7 (0.43%) Data Lake
16 7 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
17 6 (0.37%) Hadoop
17 6 (0.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 194 (11.87%) Git
2 158 (9.66%) GitLab
3 129 (7.89%) Jenkins
4 54 (3.30%) TeamCity
5 48 (2.94%) JIRA
5 48 (2.94%) JUnit
6 38 (2.32%) Cucumber
7 32 (1.96%) Mockito
8 31 (1.90%) Cypress.io
9 29 (1.77%) CircleCI
9 29 (1.77%) Claude Code
10 28 (1.71%) Maven
11 18 (1.10%) Selenium
12 17 (1.04%) Vite
13 16 (0.98%) JMeter
14 15 (0.92%) SonarQube
15 13 (0.80%) Postman
16 12 (0.73%) REST Assured
17 9 (0.55%) Bitbucket
17 9 (0.55%) Spock
General
1 442 (27.03%) Finance
2 298 (18.23%) Social Skills
3 161 (9.85%) Banking
4 148 (9.05%) Public Sector
5 92 (5.63%) Retail
6 91 (5.57%) Analytical Skills
7 87 (5.32%) Law
8 86 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 52 (3.18%) Financial Institution
10 45 (2.75%) Back Office
11 30 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
12 29 (1.77%) Telecoms
13 24 (1.47%) Marketing
14 17 (1.04%) Advertising
14 17 (1.04%) Billing
15 16 (0.98%) Aerospace
16 14 (0.86%) Legal
17 12 (0.73%) Front Office
18 11 (0.67%) Games
19 10 (0.61%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 572 (34.98%) Developer
2 401 (24.53%) Senior
3 332 (20.31%) Software Engineer
4 232 (14.19%) Architect
5 229 (14.01%) Lead
6 146 (8.93%) Full-Stack Developer
7 135 (8.26%) .NET Developer
8 133 (8.13%) Java Developer
9 122 (7.46%) Java Engineer
10 120 (7.34%) Senior Developer
11 116 (7.09%) Senior Software Engineer
12 88 (5.38%) Solutions Architect
13 81 (4.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 71 (4.34%) Principal Engineer
15 67 (4.10%) Software Developer
16 60 (3.67%) Lead Developer
17 55 (3.36%) DevOps Engineer
18 52 (3.18%) Senior Java Engineer
19 49 (3.00%) Java Software Engineer
20 42 (2.57%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 391 (23.91%) .NET
2 363 (22.20%) React
3 330 (20.18%) Node.js
4 277 (16.94%) Spring
5 261 (15.96%) RESTful
6 253 (15.47%) Spring Boot
7 221 (13.52%) REST
8 200 (12.23%) Kafka
9 160 (9.79%) AngularJS
10 151 (9.24%) .NET Core
11 149 (9.11%) ASP.NET
12 142 (8.69%) Vue
13 118 (7.22%) ASP.NET Core
14 86 (5.26%) HTML
15 81 (4.95%) gRPC
16 78 (4.77%) CSS
17 75 (4.59%) .NET Framework
18 73 (4.46%) ASP.NET Web API
19 66 (4.04%) RabbitMQ
20 64 (3.91%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 489 (29.91%) Cloud Native
2 281 (17.19%) Distributed Systems
3 113 (6.91%) Product Ownership
4 78 (4.77%) Legacy Systems
5 71 (4.34%) Enterprise Software
6 48 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
7 46 (2.81%) Video\Live Streaming
8 45 (2.75%) Over-the-Top Content
9 32 (1.96%) Algorithms
10 30 (1.83%) Onboarding
10 30 (1.83%) Public Cloud
11 29 (1.77%) Data Structures
12 26 (1.59%) AI Agents
12 26 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
13 25 (1.53%) Distributed Architecture
14 23 (1.41%) Mobile App
15 21 (1.28%) e-Learning
15 21 (1.28%) Legacy Applications
15 21 (1.28%) PKI
16 19 (1.16%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 97 (5.93%) Linux
2 40 (2.45%) Windows
3 20 (1.22%) Unix
4 7 (0.43%) CentOS
4 7 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.31%) Debian
5 5 (0.31%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.24%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.18%) Android
7 3 (0.18%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.12%) AIX
9 1 (0.061%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 827 (50.58%) CI/CD
2 701 (42.87%) Agile
3 597 (36.51%) DevOps
4 594 (36.33%) Software Engineering
5 448 (27.40%) Full-Stack Development
6 396 (24.22%) Containerisation
7 376 (23.00%) Mentoring
8 342 (20.92%) Test Automation
9 331 (20.24%) Event-Driven
10 322 (19.69%) AI
11 312 (19.08%) Continuous Improvement
12 308 (18.84%) Infrastructure as Code
13 282 (17.25%) Problem-Solving
14 211 (12.91%) Scrum
15 205 (12.54%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 201 (12.29%) Technical Leadership
17 191 (11.68%) TDD
18 189 (11.56%) Coaching
19 183 (11.19%) Clean Code
20 173 (10.58%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 544 (33.27%) Java
2 412 (25.20%) Python
3 391 (23.91%) SQL
4 377 (23.06%) C#
5 362 (22.14%) JavaScript
6 288 (17.61%) TypeScript
7 118 (7.22%) Go
8 50 (3.06%) Scala
9 46 (2.81%) PHP
10 43 (2.63%) C++
11 41 (2.51%) Bash
12 36 (2.20%) Ruby
13 27 (1.65%) C
14 23 (1.41%) Rust
15 22 (1.35%) Bicep
15 22 (1.35%) PowerShell
16 19 (1.16%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.98%) Kotlin
18 13 (0.80%) Shell Script
19 11 (0.67%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 192 (11.74%) Security Cleared
2 161 (9.85%) Degree
3 130 (7.95%) SC Cleared
4 80 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (3.49%) AWS Certification
6 30 (1.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 30 (1.83%) DV Cleared
7 26 (1.59%) CISSP
8 24 (1.47%) Azure Certification
9 17 (1.04%) Master's Degree
10 15 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
11 14 (0.86%) DBS Check
12 11 (0.67%) CISM
13 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.49%) PhD
15 7 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.43%) ISTQB
16 5 (0.31%) GIAC
16 5 (0.31%) ISACA
16 5 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (6.97%) QA
2 57 (3.49%) Accessibility
3 37 (2.26%) GDPR
4 34 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (1.47%) PCI DSS
6 23 (1.41%) NIST
7 22 (1.35%) SOC 2
8 19 (1.16%) WCAG
9 15 (0.92%) GRC
9 15 (0.92%) NCSC
10 11 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.18%) IFRS
13 3 (0.18%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.18%) SEPA
14 2 (0.12%) Government Security Classifications
15 1 (0.061%) Data Quality
System Software
1 471 (28.81%) Docker
2 18 (1.10%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.24%) Firmware
4 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 504 (30.83%) Kubernetes
2 306 (18.72%) Terraform
3 87 (5.32%) Ansible
4 86 (5.26%) Grafana
5 50 (3.06%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.35%) Argo
6 22 (1.35%) Kibana
7 13 (0.80%) Cilium
7 13 (0.80%) Puppet
7 13 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.43%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.24%) Packer
9 4 (0.24%) Podman
10 2 (0.12%) Istio
10 2 (0.12%) MIIS
10 2 (0.12%) Nagios
10 2 (0.12%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.12%) Rancher
Vendors
1 215 (13.15%) Microsoft
2 70 (4.28%) Google
3 51 (3.12%) Oracle
4 45 (2.75%) Typelevel
5 30 (1.83%) OpenAI
6 24 (1.47%) Splunk
7 22 (1.35%) Dynatrace
8 18 (1.10%) AppDynamics
9 14 (0.86%) IBM
10 13 (0.80%) Red Hat
11 12 (0.73%) Databricks
11 12 (0.73%) SendGrid
12 10 (0.61%) Adobe
13 9 (0.55%) Guidewire
13 9 (0.55%) Salesforce
13 9 (0.55%) ServiceNow
14 8 (0.49%) Cisco
14 8 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (0.49%) SAP
15 7 (0.43%) OneLogin